Research Article

A Comparative Evaluation of Numerical and Analytical Solutions to the Biadhesive Single-Lap Joint

Table 2

Percent error between analytical and numerical results for the peak shear stresses.

Percent error (%)
At the contact interfacesAt the overlap edges

2-D FEA
−2.143.93
−3.623.02
−4.112.06
−2.571.19
3-D FEA
3.986.62
45.79
4.845.08
7.324.60